Is defibrillation testing necessary for implantable transvenous defibrillators?: defibrillation testing is necessary at the time of implantable cardioverter defibrillator implantation

Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2014 Apr;7(2):337-46. doi: 10.1161/CIRCEP.113.000371.
No abstract available

Keywords: arrhythmias, cardiac; defibrillators, implantable; ventricular fibrillation.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Death, Sudden, Cardiac / prevention & control
  • Defibrillators, Implantable / standards*
  • Electric Countershock / statistics & numerical data*
  • Humans
  • Unnecessary Procedures*
  • Ventricular Fibrillation / therapy*